Basketball

July 9, 1986|By Victoria Malmer

AAU ACTION. Brian Shorter scored 34 points as Philadelphia defeated Washington state, 117-104, at the Amateur Athletic Union's Junior Men's Championships in Jacksonville. Michigan started a long day by getting a last- second basket to eliminate Virginia, 82-81. Missouri defeated New York, 102-88, in the other night game, and Georgia hammered Maryland, 119-88, in the other afternoon contest. Virginia and Maryland became the first two teams in the 12-team tournament to be eliminated.